Candle-holder



(No Model.)

P. W. GRUNDMANN. CANDLE HOLDER.

No. 599,527. Patented Feb. 22, 1898.

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FREDERICK WV. GRUNDMANN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CANDLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,527, dated February 22, 1898.

Application filed June '7, 1897. Serial No. 639,709. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. GRUND- MANN, of the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candle-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to candle-holders and it consists of the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown, described, and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a candleholder constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation looking in a direction at right angles to the line of view in Fig. 1, the cup being shown in section upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a view analogous to Fig. 2, parts being broken away, and illustrating the operation. Fig. 5 is a modification.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 1, the candleholder consists of a single piece of wire and a concavo-convex plate forming a cup. The wire is bent to form the candle-holding socket 5, said socket being a cone shaped spiral larger in diameter at its upper end than at its lower end. The extreme upper end 6 of the Wire is tapered and the upper coil is shut, thus forming the ring 7. The wire is passed through the cup 8 until the lower end 9 of the socket 5 rests upon the inner face of the cup. Then the wire is bent laterally immediately below the cup, forming the portion 10, which engages the lower side of the cup. Then the wire is bent to form the U-shaped portion 11. Then the wire is bent to form the two coils 12, said coils being at right angles to the socket 5 and in alinement with said socket. Then the wire is bent to form the U-shaped handle portion 13.

The cone-shaped socket 5 acts as a screwthreaded nut to receive and hold the candle and will receive candles of different sizes.

The coils 12 act as a spring-clamp to engage the support, such as a limb of a tree. W'hen it is desired to place the candle-holderin position upon a support, the handle 13 and the portion 11 are manually engaged and compressed, thus spreading the lower sides of the coils apart. The holder is then placed in position with the support between the coils, as shown in Fig. 5.

Referring to Fig. 5, a socket 5 is formed upon each end of a wire after the wire has been inserted through the cups 8. The portions 9 engage the inner faces of the cups and the portions 10 and 11 engage the lower faces of the cups, as in Figs. 1 and 2. The portions 14 serve as arms to connect the coils 12 with the portions 11. The arms 14 are compressed to operate the clamp 12.

By placing the cup 8 in position with the wire forming the socket extending through the center of said cup and bringing the lower end of the socket against the inner face of the cup and bending the wire to form the portion 10 engaging the lower face of the cup it is not necessary to solder the cup in position, the cup being clamped between the lower end of the socket and the portion 10.

I claim- 1. A candle-holder consisting of the cup 8 and a wire extending through said cup and forming the socket 5, having its lower end engaging the inner face of the cup 8, the portion 10 bent laterally and engaging the lower face of the cup 8, the portion 11 extending from the portion 10, the pair of coils 12 extending from the portion 11, and the handle 13 formed at the opposite end of the coils 12 from the portion 11, said coils 12 being in vertical alinement with the socket 5 and coiled at right angles to the coils of the socket 5, substantially as specified.

2. In a candle-holder, the cup 8, a wire extending through said cup and forming the cone-shaped socket 5 having its lower end 9 engaging the inner face of said cup 8, the portion 10 bent laterally and engaging the lower face of the cup 8, the portion 11 extending from the portion 10 and the pair of coils 12 extending from the portion 11, said coils 12 being in vertical alinement with the socket 5 and coiled at right angles to the coils of the socket 5, and the cup 8 being clamped between the lower end 9 ofthe socket 5 and the laterally-extending portion 10, whereby the cup is held in position without the use of solder, substantially as specified.

3. In a candle-holder, the cup 8, a Wire extending through said cup and forming the socket 5 having its lower end 9 engaging the I in position Without the use of solder, snbstan- IO inner face of the cup 8, the portion 10 bent tially as specified.

laterally and engaging the lower face of the In testimony whereof I affix my signature cup 8, the portion 11 extending from the porin presence of two Witnesses.

tion 10 and a portion extending from the por- FREDERICK V GRUNDMANN.

tion 11 and supporting said cup and socket,

the cup 8 being clamped between the lower Witnesses: end 9 of the socket 5 and the laterally-ex- EDWARD E. LONGAN, tending portion 10, whereby the cup is held S. G. WELLS. 

